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COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 12, 2020. The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), as a scientific and medical society dedicated to the promotion of health and well-being, is greatly concerned about this global health challenge and its significant impacts on individuals, families, communities, health systems, nations, and wider society.

It may seem counterintuitive that COVID-19, a communicable disease, has such contiguity with non-communicable diseases such as obesity. However, people with obesity have an elevated risk of hospitalization, serious illness, and mortality, likely due to chronic low-grade inflammation [1], an altered immune response to infection, as well as related cardiometabolic comorbidities [2], and the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a significant impact on …